I had put my TouchPad charger into the touchstone - so wasn't working for Pre2 or Pre3. Once I put the correct cable into the touchstone I can confirm that it does charge both Pre2 and Pre3 on the original touchstone.

The Pre3 doesn't sit very snugly on the old touchstone though maybe that is why they have this "Pre3" touchstone variant available.

Firstly wanted to say thank you to RedMist for all his unboxing videos I had fewer surprises this morning, and sharing his experience of the Pre 3 on this thread.

OK so I received my HP Pre 3 from Handtec this morning excellent service from them (including reducing the price difference from what I paid £348.99 to their new price of £298.99 - at this price its an absolute bargain!!). Would definitely recommend them to prospective customers.

First impressions, very similarly packaged to the Pre2 just with HP branding on the package, and on the back of the device instead of palm in silver there is a disk in silver with hp cutout in black - quite elegant.

I have both devices sat next to each other and the Pre 3 feels really well built, slightly heavier than the Pre2 probably due to more glass on the larger screen, it is slimmer, wider and longer than its previous generation. The slider is nice, the keys are larger and I think I will have fewer issues than I had with my Pre2 on typing (time will tell).

The screen on this device is another level - the Pre2 is a very solid device, I loved it but the Pre3 is a huge step up on screen from the Pre2 and the TouchPad - its pretty much pin sharp and looks simply stunning, its the match of any other high-end smartphone; webOS all looks beautiful.

The device runs HP webOS 2.2.0, I'm still in the process of trying to get all my data off the Pre2 (so I can pass it to my brother in law to test drive webOS) so I can't give you a huge comment on the differences yet - the main ones I noted were bing maps and a new Mobile hotspot application were available.

Speed is probably not fair to judge at the moment as although the apps have installed not all the apps and data have been copied over yet I will need to do some work to complete that process today. My own fault I should have prepared the Pre2 for wiping before booting my profile up on the Pre3 (so I have an extra iteration to go through).

One notable omission which I hope will get very speedily rectified is there is no facebook application for the Pre3! [Q) do you have fb on yours Redmist?]

There was no app on device, and when I tried to install from the App Catalogue it says that no version of the application is available for your device. This is a little disappointing and hopefully HP/Palm will sort this out immediately.

I've only had the handset for a couple of hours and most of that time has been spent trying to set it up. Still so much more to do, I will post an update later as I've got my app data over and can play properly with it.

But based on my first impression I would say get your order in now, you will not be disappointed!

Thanks HP/Palm!! A slight shame it took six months to get this in my hands but I know I am going to love it.
- Mark

Originally Posted by msdavies

Schoolboy error!

make sure that you have done a fresh save/restore and also copy everything off the device save/restore, pics, media etc... Onto your pc before you sign in the profile on the pre3. You can only have one profile per smartphone, unlike TouchPad which will coexist.

I found out that my latest save/restore for some apps the main one I was bothered about SecuStore was older than it should have been.

back it all fresh, check it, copy it off. Make sure you've finished with the old device, then Secure erase you old device and then fire up the pre3 onto your profile. Once it synched, get dev mode, get preware, get save/restore, USB drive to copy over save/restore folders you backed up to your pc onto the pre3. I'm sure someone has got the process all neatly stepped out somewhere and can point you at it.

oh, then enjoy the pre3 - the screen resolution is the best over the pre2 and TouchPad.

Can anyone refer me to an idiots guide for switching from a Pre to Pre 3 backing up \restoring my data and wiping the old girl clean afterwards?

As has been stated by the mods lets keep that subject to the general webOS threads and keep this for the Pre 3 experience.

My current issue being an early day 2 adopter is webOS app support for 2.2.0 including both facebook and ndrive. As well as the homebrew support and good work done by our invaluable friends webOSinternals and the homebrew network. Need Pre 3 webOSdoctor asap.

I'm sorry, but anyone considering buying any webOS device at this point is truly an *****. There won't be any dev support, no devs, no upgrades, no new features, no apps, which was webOS biggest weakness by far. Some people just won't let go I guess.

Dunno, its still a smartphone isn't it? It still makes calls, has a web browser, tethers to a computer, has an email client? It won't magically stop working on the dot of midnight.

I don't really care about apps, upgrades, new features. If I did, I wouldn't be thinking about buying a WebOS device. If it works, then thats all I need.

Granted, the recent news has bumped the value down (and the amount that I'm willing to pay), but even at launch price, its astonishingly good value. And of course buying one will depend on what kind of support will be provided once all the smoke clears.

Anyway, whos to say there won't be some mass Touchpad+Pre3 sellout. The potential functionality is much smaller than it was, but the devices still work.